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I've been busy with carb cleaning and refurbing, but also I've been doing a bit of spring upgrading!




As well as replacing the needle, o rings and float bowl gasket, I also did a small upgrade of replacing the old cross head machine screws with stainless alan head screws.



New set of DID chain and sprockets, using a one tooth down front sprocket to see what difference it makes!



And finally, after a long wait, I've replaced the dark tinted screen with the original fitment clear one!

Hi badger the bike looks ready to go so when will you be allowed to come out and play ?

Not sure yet, might be boat painting next weekend, depends on the weather and definitely too busy this week, high workload and flat/house hunting at the same time ..

Might be able to slip in an early one next Sunday, couple of hours of playing before getting covered in blue topcoat ;) !

Hi badger I can't do Sundays as working , may be Saturday or mid week give me a shout on here and we can work something out ok

Yeah that's cool, I'll keep an eye on my week evenings and when I get a free one I'll let you know.

Hey, looking hot stuff Mr Badger... The bike's looking not half bad either Hope to see y'out on the roads later(probably end) this summer mate.

Carburetors? What is this ancient witchcraft you speak of?

I believe its a world where the faint hearted fear to tread, only frequented by fools and those of warped minds,such as myself and Merv ;) ......you've got to 'love' the challenge of carbs, needles, jetting etc.

No. Past that. Fed up of them Mikuni BS34's and their finicky float valves, and as for 40mm double-pump Del'Orto's that would either spit back and set the air filter alight, or cough and suck the darned thing in - oh, and didn't have a choke, but a "tickle lever" instead, so you soaked your fingers in petrol every time you went to start it ........ nope, you can keep them things, thanks very much

READ BETWEEN THE LINES BADGER




moosey boy is scared of such things, he fears the fiddling and fettling, just as the TLS, it knows the depths of his garage too well and thinks that sunlight and roads are things of folklore and legend. All because of a seal in the realm of pump.